A long walk to the beach

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As always, first stop was breakfast. On  the way we found a little dairy shop selling mango whey.  We hadn't tried this before but generally anything  with mango is good, and it was!  We found a little cafe and ordered pav bhaji.  We have had this many times on this trip but the Goan one is slightly sweeter, maybe containing coconut.

Today we are off to a different beach.  Talpona.  This beach is where the Arabian sea converges with the Talpona River.  The long walk took us through quaint  little villages, past a lake of lily pads,  a bridge over the mouth of the river and past little fishing villages and beautiful churches.


We saw many beautiful birds including a colourful kingfisher and many eagles.  We saw beautiful butterflies floating past on the breeze.


It was a hot walk so when we spotted a little shop we stopped and bought mango ice-cream to help cool us down.

When we arrived at the peninsula there were little boats ferrying people to a beach on the other side of the river mouth.  Round the corner was another beach with just a few people.  We relaxed for a while, paddled our feet to cool down before heading back.  


We took a slightly different route back which seemed a little quicker, although did mean walking up a few small hills, which in 30 degree heat was a little challenging!  The scenery was beautiful.


Back at base we played with the beautiful kitten who has taken quite a liking to Darryl, whilst swapping travel stories with our friend who we are staying with.


Our friend had to head off to work and recommended a local restaurant for us to try some traditional Goan food.  She said it was directly behind where we are staying.  It took us a while, heading down little lanes and stairways until we eventually found it, only for it to be closed!

We decided to head back to the place where we ate last night and we are glad we did.  We had a great veg thali, Goan style, very tasty!  


Back at base after walking approx 18km today, we fell into bed!



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